Mau-i (She-we-na (Zuni Pueblo)). <em>Kachina Doll (Zamalahaktoh)</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fur, pigment, feathers, hide, 15 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (40 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5364. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5364_back.jpg)

Mau-i (She-we-na (Zuni Pueblo)). Kachina Doll (Zamalahaktoh), late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fur, pigment, feathers, hide, 15 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (40 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5364. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5364_back.jpg)

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Kachina Doll (Zamalahaktoh)

Arts of the Americas

MAKERS Mau-i, She-we-na (Zuni Pueblo); (assistant) Tsu-na, She-we-na (Zuni Pueblo)

MEDIUM Wood, fur, pigment, feathers, hide

Place Made: Zuni, New Mexico, United States

DATES late 19th-early 20th century

DIMENSIONS 15 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (40 x 6.4 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER 04.297.5364

CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION This kachina has a helmet-style mask with feather headdress, a snout with teeth, hide ears and a face painted with a snake design. He wears a short fur cape and hide boots, painted blue with red trim. His skirt is also decorated with a snake motif. His body has been painted with red pigment.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Mau-i (She-we-na (Zuni Pueblo)). Kachina Doll (Zamalahaktoh), late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fur, pigment, feathers, hide, 15 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (40 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5364. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5364_back.jpg)

IMAGE back, CUR.04.297.5364_back.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011

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